Harris W. Seed, longtime trustee and benefactor of Claremont McKenna College, passed away in July at the age of 89.

Seed became a Trustee of CMC in 1965. In 1977, he started the Harris and Ann Seed Honors Scholarship, an annual merit-based scholarship awarded to high-achieving students as part of the McKenna Scholars program. Additionally, he established a number of funds to benefit the College and its students during his tenure as a trustee, including a fund that was dedicated to programming at the Athenaeum.

The CMC community mourns the loss of one of its Pacesetters, Richard Grantham, who passed away this month. A member of the Class of 1950 and a Life Trustee, Grantham was 88.

Known as the Pacesetters, the earliest classes of CMCers were the earliest builders of the College -- Grantham and his classmates literally cleared away the countless rocks and large stones on the young campus in a project known as "Operation Rockpile."

Longtime CMC trustee and political activist Mary Dell Olin Pritzlaff P’76, whose family's philanthropy has touched multiple aspects of CMC’s growth and mission, passed away in July in Montecito. She was 85.

Mrs. Pritzlaff served as a member of the CMC Board of Trustees from 1980 until 1998: her son John Pritzlaff III ’76 joined the Board in the year his mother stepped down, thus continuing a Pritzlaff presence on CMC’s Board for 35 years.

The CMC family is mourning the loss of Larry Hammett, a member of the Class of 1957 and former Trustee who passed away last Friday in Santa Barbara. He was 81.

Like Pete Welsh '50 who passed away earlier this year, Hammett was another prominent, active member from the College's early classes who gave multi-faceted leadership and support to the College during a crucial period of growth and change.

Activist and philanthropist Arden Flamson, an important contributor to Claremont McKenna College's growth and achievement, died September 24 after a sudden illness, according to close friends and family members. Flamson, who had been involved in many roles with the College, was 83.

George R. Roberts ’66 P’93, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) and its co-chairman and co-chief executive officer, delivered the keynote address at the College’s 66th Annual Commencement ceremonies on May 18. Roberts spoke about his years at CMC and his experience in the business world, imparting advice on success and leadership to the graduates before the conferring of degrees amid shouts and cheers from the graduates and their loved ones on Pritzlaff Field.